Local Legend SY4

[Prepbyhelton]

Some paint and assembly

 

[Dirt Yota]

I follow on IG, this thing is epic!!! Can’t wait to see what it does!!!

 

[UR_Mawm69]

I just have to ask............ how in the fuck do you NOTCH your tubes so fucking perfect?
do you use some notcher, for 1, but what id like to know more importantly 2, HOW to you MARK the tubes for where to notch them? there was a thread on notching somewhere, i might of even made it but i dont remember hah, but to me, that is 75% of getting good welds on this tubing stuff. if you dont have a good fitment, your weld is gonna be fucked.

so, master of all welds & notching, HOW do you MARK your tubes and what do you use to notch?
you're old school so i know its probably not all CAD drawn and laser cut or anything...............

 

[Prepbyhelton]

I just have to ask............ how in the fuck do you NOTCH your tubes so fucking perfect?
do you use some notcher, for 1, but what id like to know more importantly 2, HOW to you MARK the tubes for where to notch them? there was a thread on notching somewhere, i might of even made it but i dont remember hah, but to me, that is 75% of getting good welds on this tubing stuff. if you dont have a good fitment, your weld is gonna be fucked.

so, master of all welds & notching, HOW do you MARK your tubes and what do you use to notch?
you're old school so i know its probably not all CAD drawn and laser cut or anything...............

All marking is done with a silver sharpie. All Tubes are notched to fit on a 2 wheel belt sander. At my shop we have a 3 whew burrking but for my house and the amount of time it gets used I opted for the 2 wheel. More compact and considerably cheaper. Still works great tho.

 

[Prepbyhelton]

I just have to ask............ how in the fuck do you NOTCH your tubes so fucking perfect?
do you use some notcher, for 1, but what id like to know more importantly 2, HOW to you MARK the tubes for where to notch them? there was a thread on notching somewhere, i might of even made it but i dont remember hah, but to me, that is 75% of getting good welds on this tubing stuff. if you dont have a good fitment, your weld is gonna be fucked.

so, master of all welds & notching, HOW do you MARK your tubes and what do you use to notch?
you're old school so i know its probably not all CAD drawn and laser cut or anything...............

And yes there are some tricks to marking and fitting tubes but the best learning tool is just doing it. Trial and error.

 

[UR_Mawm69]

right on, right on.

yeah I've been trial and error'ing for like 69 years now and i still aint that good, at least at MARKING the tube correctly. and i only "notch" with a chop saw and flap disc/grinder. idk, it's how i got taught so I've always just stuck with that way. plus, IMPATIENT AS FUCK WHEN IT COMES TO NOTCHING TUBES. so that doesn't help. haha

but thanks for the input!

 

[Prepbyhelton]

right on, right on.

yeah I've been trial and error'ing for like 69 years now and i still aint that good, at least at MARKING the tube correctly. and i only "notch" with a chop saw and flap disc/grinder. idk, it's how i got taught so I've always just stuck with that way. plus, IMPATIENT AS FUCK WHEN IT COMES TO NOTCHING TUBES. so that doesn't help. haha

but thanks for the input!

Yah patience is definitely a virtue with notching…. With abrasives anyways. Doing your way is how I learned also but back then I had no other way so that was it….now once I worked for a shop with a burrking I never went back to the flat disc/hand grinder……and I have a few more bucks in my pockets now than I did when I was 20 building my first truck in my pops driveway so when it was time to start building this truck in my garage I bought myself a belt sander. Still using a chop saw tho because gotta keep it real yo!

 

[Prepbyhelton]

Moar pics!

 

[Thomas Built Motorsports]

cleanest yota out there, argue with me...

 

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Mas

 

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Hand made block off plates. This is the engine last lasted 10 miles and shit out a rod bearing.

 

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Hanging bedsides.

 

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some of these are out of sequence but just dumping pics for you.

 

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More randoms

 

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Mas fotos

 

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Mas

 

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Mas

 

[Turboyota]

Damn, I’m enjoying watching this unfold again!!

 

[UR_Mawm69]

cleanest yota out there, argue with me...

ok....

ur mawmacita was the cleanest out there too, till i got ahold of her...........




and Helton, 37 x 10.5 ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


holy moly! WHATWHEREHOWTHAFUQ?!??!?!!?!?!

 

[Prepbyhelton]

ok....

ur mawmacita was the cleanest out there too, till i got ahold of her...........




and Helton, 37 x 10.5 ?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?


holy moly! WHATWHEREHOWTHAFUQ?!??!?!!?!?!

37x10